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# dishevelled

«dishevelled» in Mova's school dictionary: **untidy and messy, especially hair or clothes that look as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more dishevelled, the most dishevelled)

### meaning for a pupil

Dishevelled means untidy and messy, especially hair or clothes that look as if they have not been brushed or put straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a witch, a goddess or a wild person has hair flying loose; in everyday life, someone who has just got out of bed or run in the wind.

### examples

- Her dishevelled hair blew in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x1)
- After the race he looked dishevelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x2)
- The dog came in with dishevelled fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x3)
- The old man had a dishevelled beard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dishevelled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.